Workshop Report: Poplar and willow planting for Land Overlay 3A, Gisborne, East Coast region
Foreword
The East Coast Forestry Project (ECFP) aims to achieve sustainable land management in the Gisborne District so that hill country land use makes a long-term contribution to the District’s economic, social and environmental wellbeing. The Gisborne District Council is also implementing the Sustainable Hill Country Project to address soil erosion and unsustainable land use in the district.
The ECFP funds various erosion control measures including afforestation, indigenous reversion and wide-spaced poplar/willow pole plantings to achieve sustainable land management. There are well established guidelines for afforestation and indigenous reversion options. However, there has been differing opinion about the efficacy and effectiveness of various regimes of wide-spaced poplar/willow plantings. This has created
doubt amongst some landowners as to the appropriate treatment.
This report contains guidelines for wide-spaced poplar/willow pole plantings for effective erosion control. The report is an outcome of a workshop attended by very experienced soil conservators from regional councils, scientists from crown research institutes and independent consultants. I would like to acknowledge their collective efforts and wisdom in reaching a consensus on this set of recommendations.
I am sure the recommendations of this report will contribute to consistent advice to landowners on wide-spaced pole planting regimes. It should also enable the ECFP to fund wide-spaced pole plantings that contribute to sustainable land management in the Gisborne hill country and to the vision of a sustainable New Zealand.
Paul Reynolds
Deputy Director-General
MAF Policy
Contact for Enquiries
East Coast Forestry Project
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Cnr Grey St & Childers Rd
1st Floor ZGFM Building
PO Box 2122
Gisborne 4040
Tel: +64 6 986 8691
Fax: +64 6 986 8697
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